Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

by Harvey Max Chochinov (Editor), William Breitbart (Editor)

This work complements the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and The Handbook of Psychooncology . Topics include the role of psychiatry in terminal care, diagnosis and management of depression, suicide in the terminally ill, pain management, the nature of suffering in terminal illness, and
psychotherapeutic interventions. The book also takes into consideration new directions for psychosocial palliative care research.

435 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2000